Quarter II Vocabulary

3. an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers
4. basic principle of federalism
9. 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
10. system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each to check the actions of others
11. grants of federal money or other resources to states, cities, counties, and other local units
12. one type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly define area of public policy
14. a provision of the US constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the United States are the "Supreme Law of the Land"
15. Constitution's requirements that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
16. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
19. Those powers that the constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the states
20. A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional government like states

1. formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
2. those persons who opposed the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
5. the first ten amendments to the constitution
6. Those persons who supported the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788
7. those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution
8. Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after the American Revolution
13. basic principle of American government, which states that government is restricted in what it may do and each individual has rights that government cannot take away
17. A formal agreement
18. a change in, or addition to a constitution